Catalogue of an important selection ofEnglish Paintings and Drawings of the Highest Class from the very choice Collection of that well-known Amateur,BENJAMIN GODFREY WINDUS Esq of Tottenham

26 March 1859

Drawings Framed and Glazed1 De Wint A small landscape2 Bonnington A French girl, in a landscape3 Westall RA Il Penserosa A fine drawing4 De Wint A landscape, with sheep on a road5 G Barrett A small upright landscape, with gipsies From the Bernal Collection

6 Edridge Mrs Crewe, in a landscape A capital copy from Sir J Reynolds7 Rosetti Lovers Very richly coloured8 Sir D Wilkie RA 1823 Lefevre and Uncle Toby A finished sketch, in pen9 Newton RA 1823 A mother and child A beautiful drawing, with autograph, presented to T J Swift Esq10 Sir D Wilkie The artist’s sister a sketch11JMW Turner RA The Bridge of Sighs A beautiful vignette, engraved in Byron’s Works12 Sir D Wilkie RA 1833 A fine study for the picture of ‘The First Earring’13 JD Harding Naples and St Elmo A very important and beautiful work. From the Bernal Collection14 JF Lewis ARA Harem Life One of the finest works of the Artist. Exhibited at the Society of Painters in Water Colours, 1857 and very highly praised by Mr Ruskin in his notes of that year

15 JD Harding The Val D’Aosta A very fine early drawing, retouched by the Artist in 185816 JMW Turner RA The Lake of Zug This very important and beautiful work has not been engraved17 JMW Turner RA Bellinzona Very fine - not engraved

24 WJ Webbe Twilight: a beautiful study from nature, near the Artist’s residence, Niton, Isle of Wight25 Stothard RA A scene from a novel - the gamester reclaimed26 Stothard RA A scene from a novel; a shepherd piping - the companion27 JE Millais A beautiful head of a female28 F Leighton A finished sketch for the picture of the death of Juliet Exhibited at the Royal Academy29 A Johnstone Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville A beautiful sketch for the large picture exhibited at the Royal Academy, in 1853. From the Collection of JH Turner Esq30 F Leighton A finished sketch for the picture of Romeo and Juliet Exhibited at the Royal Academy31 Stothard RA Lear and Cordelia

32 WP Frith RA A lady seated on a bank33 JE Millais ARA Head of a lady, cutting of a lock of hair34 F Leighton Head of an Asiatic Very powerfully painted35 WJ Grant The Princess Elizabeth in the Tower A beautiful finished sketch for the large picture exhibited at the Royal Academy36 Ford Madox Brown A fine study of a head From the picture of Chaucer reading his poem37 F Leighton Samson, blind A fine sketch for the large picture in progress38 Ford Madox Brown Wycliffe reading his translation of the scriptures to John of Gaunt, and his wife A very important and capital work, with the copyright39 W Etty RA The prodigal son A very fine finished study for the celebrated work formerly in the Beckford Collection40 W Cave Thomas The death of Marmion A very highly finished work. Exhibited at the Royal Academy

41 Sir A Callcott RA Portrait of himself Very powerfully painted in emulation of Titian. Supposed to be the only portrait of the great painter42 C Stanfield RA Pic du Midi A very beautiful finished sketch43 A Johnstone 1853 Genevra “Through thy long dark lashes low depending, The soul of melancholy gentleness” Byron Finely drawn and coloured. From the Collection of JH Turner Esq 44 W Holman Hunt 1848 The Eve of Saint Agnes From Keats’s Poems Retouched by the Artist in 1858. This picture is unnerved, and is sold with the valuable copyright45 Ford Madox Brown The last of England This fine picture has not been engraved, and will be sold with the valuable copyright46 Sir Edwin Landseer RA A river scene - view at Endsleigh A very fine work. Painted for the last Duchess of Bedford, and purchased at the sale of her effects

47 JE Millais Pot Pourri This beautiful work has not been exhibited48 Sir J Reynolds PRA Penelope Boothby, seated in a landscape One of the Artist’s most fascinating works, in a very pure state

The valuable copyright is to be sold with the two following pictures. JMW Turner RADawn of Christianity: Flight into Egypt “That star has risen” Rev T Gisborne’s Works in a Forest. Exhibited in the Royal Academy, 1841 No 532Glaucus and Scylla - “Ovid’s Metamorphoses” - painted on panel. Exhibited in the Royal Academy, 1841 No 542